Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site and gather data when you participate in the forum by reading, writing, and evaluating the content shared here.

When registering on our site, you may be asked to enter your name and e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site without registering. Your e-mail address will be verified by an email containing a unique link. If that link is visited, we know that you control the e-mail address.

When registered and posting, we record the IP address that the post originated from. We also may retain server logs which include the IP address of every request to our server.

We also obtain data from third parties. We protect data obtained from third parties according to the practices described in this policy, plus any additional restrictions imposed by the source of the data. These third-party sources vary over time, but have included:

• Database providers from trusted sources
• Social networks when you grant permission to Rostrum Education Pvt. Ltd. to access your data
• Partners with which we offer co-branded services or engage in joint marketing activities
• Publicly-available sources such as open government databases or other data in the public domain

You have choices about the data we collect. When you are asked to provide personal data, you may decline. But if you choose not to provide data that is necessary to provide a service, you may not be able to use that service.

The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with Rostrum Education. The data we collect can include the following:

• Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.
• We collect your username and password when you create your personal account on our websites.
• Demographic data. We collect data about you such as your date of birth, age, gender, country, citizenship and preferred language.
• Educational and professional background. We collect data about your employment history, education history and possibly your standardized test scores.
• Information contained in your resume or CV, the information you provide regarding your career and educational development interests and other information about your qualifications for Undergrad or Masters programs.
• Videos and pictures. Photographs or video recordings may be taken during our physical events, we may use the visual or video captures of your person on our websites or promotional material.
• Other information you may provide to us, such as in feedback forms or through the “Contact Us” feature on our Sites.
• Information Collected By Automated Means When you visit our websites, we may collect certain information by automated means, such as cookies, web beacons and web server logs. The information we may collect in this manner includes:
  • IP address
  • Unique device identifier
  • Browser characteristics
  • Device characteristics
  • Operating system
  • Language preferences
  • Referring URLs
  • Information on actions taken on our websites
  • Dates and times of visits to our sites and other usage statistics

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

• To personalize your experience — your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs.
• To improve our site — we continually strive to improve our site offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you.
• To improve customer service — your information helps us to more effectively respond to your customer service requests and support needs.
• To send periodic emails — The email address you provide may be used to send you information, notifications that you request about changes to topics or in response to your user name, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.

What is your data retention policy?

We will make a good faith effort to:

• Retain server logs containing the IP address of all requests to this server no more than 90 days.
• Retain the IP addresses associated with registered users and their posts no more than 5 years.

Do we use cookies?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow). These cookies enable the site to recognize your browser and, if you have a registered account, associate it with your registered account.

A “cookie” is a file that websites send to a visitor’s computer or other Internet-connected devices to uniquely identify the visitor’s browser or to store information or settings in the browser. A “web beacon,” also known as an Internet tag, pixel tag or clear GIF, links webpages to web servers and their cookies and is used to transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server. Through these automated collection methods, we may obtain “clickstream data,” which is a log of the links and other content on which a visitor clicks while browsing a website.

As the visitor clicks through the website, a record of the action may be collected and stored. We link certain data elements we have collected through automated means, such as your browser information, with other information we have obtained about you to let us know, for example, whether you have opened an email we sent to you. Your browser may tell you how to be notified when you receive certain types of cookies or how to restrict or disable certain types of cookies. Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to use all of the features of our websites. To the extent required by applicable law, we will obtain your consent before collecting personal information using cookies or similar automated means.

The providers of third-party apps, tools, widgets and plug-ins on our websites, such as social media sharing tools, also may use automated means to collect information regarding your interactions with these features. This information is collected directly by the providers of the features and is subject to the privacy policies or notices of these providers.

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our site, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our site. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We, therefore, have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Online Privacy Policy Only

This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our site and not to information collected offline.

Your Consent

By using our site, you consent to our web site privacy policy.

Your Rights and Choices

You should know that at any time you can ask us what information we hold for you, and you can ask us to correct it if it is inaccurate. You may withdraw your consent to process your data at any time. If we are processing your personal data for reasons of consent or legitimate interest, you can request that your data be erased.

Finally, in some circumstances, you can ask us not to reach decisions affecting you using automated processing or profiling.

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page